Utah took a 1-0 lead as Jake Marchment scored on a deflection of a Kevin Davis shot. Marchment had 15 goals in the regular season. Idaho’s AJ White tied up the game 8:33 into the first period. Utah responded with 6 unanswered goals. Dickinson scored his first of two goals on the night with 2:01 left in the first period and Jack Walker extended the lead to 3-1 with 29 seconds left in the first.
Utah added to the lead as Caleb Herbert scored a power play goal 4:26 into the second period. Herbert had 32 goals on the season and was tied for 2nd in the league with 29 power play points. Herbert had 1 goal and 1 assist in the game. Dickinson’s 2nd of the game made it a 5-1 Utah lead.
In the third period Austin Carroll scored 6:02 into the third. Travis Barron added to the Utah lead 9 seconds later. It was just one second away from tying the ECHL playoff record of third period goals 8 seconds apart from each other in 1995.
Kevin Carr stopped 35 of 36 shots for the Grizzlies in the win. Carr was 8-2 vs Idaho in the regular season. Idaho goaltender Tomas Sholl stopped 17 of 24 shots before being replaced by Ryan Faragher, who stopped all 5 shots in the third period.
Game 2 of the best of 7 series is on Saturday, April 13th at 7:10 pm. CenturyLink Arena is the venue and the game can be seen on ECHL.TV and on the radio with Classic Country AM 1370, 104.3 HD-2.
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